"variable" Definition

Definitions for the word "variable" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. adj.
1 changeable, adaptable. 2 apt to vary; not constant. 3 math. (of a quantity) indeterminate; able to assume different numerical values. n. Variable thing or quantity. variability n. Variably adv.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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